"Alessi is the cornerstone of Prost team. Without him, there might not be the Prost team today, so he must stay."

Prost had no intention of negotiating this point. Alessi did not choose to leave but insisted on it when the team was at its most difficult time.

It is impossible for me to lay off such a veteran at this time.

Zhang Yifei didn't know these grievances and grievances of Prost team. He thought Cosel just disliked Alessi's incompetent strength.

So Zhang Yifei said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, I can partner with anyone."

Indeed, Zhang Yifei thought so. He believed in his strength and didn’t care who his teammates were.

It is best to be able to work together and win the team championship together. If the other party is unwilling to cooperate and wants to bully his trust, then sorry, Zhang Yifei is not afraid of any competition and fighting, and it is Zhang Yifei's strength to do things like Hydefield dares to do it.

After hearing what Zhang Yifei said, Cosell couldn't say anything else. After all, Zhang Yifei was just a pure newcomer. Being able to enter the F1 team was considered a miracle lucky. How could he be qualified to be picky and let the entire team serve him?

Unless Zhang Yifei can run out of Senna and Prost with such results, he can only adapt to the F1 team.

At this time, Zhang Yifei suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is there a wingman agreement in the driver's contract?"

Zhang Yifei is no longer the first novice of the equation, and he is still clear about some of the rules in f1. Under normal circumstances, there is only one absolute main driver in the team, and he enjoys the priority of the track.

At critical moments, driver No. 2 needs to make sacrifices, block, and entangle other drivers so that driver No. 1 can achieve better results.

It is easier to understand in later games, just to use the support, not only can you not make money, but you also have to block the knife for your elder brother at critical moments.

Of course, the wingman in F1 is not so exaggerated. Under normal circumstances, they will compete on their own. One of the drivers will only make sacrifices at some critical moments, but Zhang Yifei does not want to be the victim.

"No, you can do it."

Prost knew what Zhang Yifei was worried about, which was also a common problem for many new drivers. He wanted to show himself on the track, so he answered very simply.

And then again, Prost has scored zero points in the season, and it doesn't even mean the wingman. The two drivers on the track can rely on their own skills, as long as they can get points.

In fact, in the F1 team, wingman agreements are rarely written into the driver's contract. After all, this is a great emotional harm to the driver who is a wingman. This straightforward driver's contract will also affect the truly powerful drivers joining the team.

The more famous "wingman" agreement here is the driver's contract for Ferrari team, and they directly wrote the car into the driver's contract.

In other words, when a team needs it, one of the drivers can be forced to give way to another driver, and this behavior is called giving up.

In 2002, there was a famous car-giving incident. Barrichello, a Brazilian driver who was also Ferrari at the time, took the pole position and led the race. However, just 100 meters away from the finish line, Barrichello received the team's instructions, allowing his opponent Schumacher, who was closely behind, to rush over to win the championship.

This time the car caused a lot of controversy. After all, the person involved was the car god Schumacher, but the cruelty of the F1 event can also be seen from this incident.

If you are not strong enough, not only your opponent will bully you, but even your teammates may humiliate you.

Later generations also had several car transfers to Hamilton, which was also an order issued by the Mercedes-Benz team. However, Bottas was not as unwilling as Barrichello because he had a clear understanding of his strength.

More importantly, it is a treatment of 9 million euros a year. If it violates the instructions of the Mercedes-Benz team, Bottas will not get this price elsewhere, after all, it will be a good meal.

Those who can reach such a strong car deal need strong teams, such as Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari. In addition, a superstar driver with the ability to win the championship is Schumacher and Hamilton.

These two conditions are essential, otherwise it will be difficult to see a car on the track.

For a private small team like Prost, it is a blessing to get points. You can't even consider the level of getting a car. Zhang Yifei thought too much himself.

Kossel and Zhang Yifei knew about two things that were more concerned about, so they continued to watch.

Prost team provides a one-year contract, which is also a common signing time for newcomers’ contracts. At the same time, Prost provides a basic salary of 30,000 US dollars, but does not interfere with the drivers’ own advertising endorsement.

Generally, the salary of F1 drivers can be divided into two major categories, namely, taking money and sponsorship.

As the name suggests, sponsorship drivers are to recruit sponsorships and pay to enter the F1 team. Drivers who can get paid are divided into two categories, namely maximum salary and basic salary.

The top-salary drivers are like Schumacher, Hamilton, and Wilt. They start at tens of millions of pounds and receive the top salary in the F1 paddock.

The basic salary driver is usually a driver in the range of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and gets the most basic basic salary.

However, there is another advantage for basic salaries drivers, that is, under normal circumstances, they can accept advertisements at will, and the team will not participate in the share activities. In other words, if you have the ability to make money in the tertiary industry, you can basically accept everything as required.

A newcomer like Zhang Yifei who has "three consecutive jumps" naturally has to be qualified to get a basic salary. And then again, even if Prost wants to offer a high salary, his team's current financial situation will not allow it.

So Zhang Yifei's annual salary for signing a Prost team is only 30,000 US dollars!

Of course, Zhang Yifei entered the Prost team and never thought about what money he could get. It was a rare opportunity to come to the F1 paddock. At least Zhang Yifei compared to those sponsored paying drivers, at least he didn't lose money, right?

Because Zhang Yifei is a Toyota youth training driver, the agreement also includes a one-sided accountability for breach of contract if Toyota team is held liable, then Prost team will bear all breach of contract costs.

For example, the training costs of the youth training base before, as well as event sponsorship, etc. At least the lean camel is bigger than a horse, and if you really have to pay for these breach of contract fees, it will not make the Prost team go bankrupt.

Similarly, in the official F1 driver contract, the liquidated damages for private transfers are very high, and you can even apply for F1a to directly ban the driver who jumped, which basically cuts off the possibility of a driver breach of contract and jumping.

However, Zhang Yifei doesn't care about this. Apart from Prost team, there is no second team that can make him a formal driver. He has no place to go even if he wants to change jobs.

After looking around the driver's contract, Zhang Yifei felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and then looked at Cosell, wanting to see what he would say.

"There is no problem with the contract, but there is another important issue that needs to be solved."

Kossel closed the driver's contract and said to Zhang Yifei.

Facing Cosell's gaze, Zhang Yifei naturally knew what the problem was, that is, where will his team members go?

Kossel doesn't have to worry. With his abilities and experience, he can continue to be a racing engineer and enter the Prost team's strategy group.

But Yamamoto Ukyo and Takeda Junko are different. They are Toyota employees. Let’s not talk about whether they are willing to resign. Even if they resign, may Prost give up the positions of team manager and data analyst?

As for Ah Hu and Zhi Ge, it is also a big problem. Their current strength and English level are barely gaining a foothold in the elementary equation. There must be a big gap between the technical team level of the F1 team.

Prost would not have absorbed such two "novice" into the technician team, because any slight mistake in the repair station is fatal to F1 racing cars. They need technicians who are absolutely skillful in cooperating and cannot accommodate anyone who makes up the numbers.

When Zhang Yifei thought of these hardships, his excitement was instantly gloomy because of signing the contract. He could not abandon all the team members, even though he knew that it was unrealistic to bring them all into the F1 team.

"Mr. Prost, I have some help and support my team members. They all have the strength to join the F1 driver team. So I want to discuss with you whether my team members can join Prost with me?"

Hearing Zhang Yifei's request, Prost frowned instantly. He didn't expect that this Chinese boy was so arrogant, he was also so arrogant.

What does he think the F1 team are? Is it a shelter station? Anyone wants to become a member of the F1 team?

As the most advanced event on earth, the F1 team will only need the best elite. At least from Prost's perspective, the rest of Zhang Yifei's side except Cossel are all unqualified.

"Fei, I think you have to understand that f1 represents top and professionalism. Do you think they all enter the reality of f1 team?"

“Unrealistic.”

Zhang Yifei said frankly, but then said: "But I believe that if you give them some time, you can become top and professional."

"Mr. Prost, as long as you let them join the fleet, you can treat them as temporary workers without any compensation or treatment. Is that okay?"

Zhang Yifei made a suggestion. At worst, even if Ah Hu and the others are allowed to study in the fleet, they don’t get two free technicians for a penny. This should be better than buying and selling Prost.

Unexpectedly, a mockery appeared on Prost's face: "Fei, don't you really know how many core data of the fleets there are in the repair station, and will you need outsiders like temporary workers?"

Although Formula One has made many regulations and restrictions on racing, the team still has many differences under these rules.

For example, engine horsepower, fuel tank size, aerodynamic data, body data, etc. These are the core secrets of a team. Even reporters can’t take photos with outsiders, let alone outsiders participate in the event.

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei knew that he couldn't continue to talk, but he had one last solution, which was to increase the money!

"Prost, there is also the saying that sponsors paid drivers in F1. If I bring sponsorship, I don't have to do it myself. Is it okay to let my team members join the F1 team?"
Chapter completed!